The Valenkov Autonomy was not just a region, but an autonomous nation, an artificial planet three-quarters the size of Azure Star, leading to regional segmentation and population clustering.
Later, when a large number of players flooded in, it became impossible to govern, and the locals assimilated them instead, accumulating wealth by scavenging scrap and collecting the Blood of Nakis.
Ironically, this situation eventually formed an ecosystem. Members of high-level civilizations came here for duels and mining, leaving behind garbage like a whale fall, which the locals fought over; these battles brought more wealth to the lower civilizations than direct aid.
Continuous crossfire damaged the Valenkov Fortress, decreasing its output power while Valenkov's fragile ecosystem gradually deteriorated. To compete in the Blood of Nakis market, warlords and mercenaries even paid to maintain Valenkov Autonomy, keeping it in a perennial fall-to-winter transition.
